bigA cemetery in Rio has come up with a solution for the obese departed -- jumbo-sized graves that can lay to rest bodies weighing up to 500 kilograms (1,100 pounds).

But the large graves carry a similarly hefty price tag of 75,000 reais (some $25,000).

A wild boar which strayed into Hong Kong's urban jungle caused havoc when it wandered into a shop and forced staff and customers to leave, authorities said on Monday. 

The 25 kilogram (55 pound) female, around three feet (0.91 meter) long, ventured into a children's wear shop at a mall in the crowded Chai Wan district late Sunday.

A French Porsche driver was caught on a speed camera doing 249 kilometers per hour (154 mph) on a country road with a limit of 90 kph, police said Sunday.

The driver, a repeat speeding offender aged around 40, lost his licence over his breakneck spin Saturday about 40 kilometres south of the central city of Tours.

A New Zealand woman told Monday how she survived lost in rugged wilderness by drinking her own breast milk and burying herself in dirt.

Susan O'Brien was taking part in a grueling 20 kilometer (12.5 mile) run in forest south of Wellington on Sunday when she took a wrong turn and became disorientated.

A Canadian woman gave birth aboard a plane to Tokyo after going into labor over the Pacific Ocean, a spokesman for Air Canada said Monday, an event the baby's father described as "completely unexpected".

The 23-year-old woman delivered a baby girl mid-air with the help of a doctor who volunteered after crew asked passengers for medical help.

An Arkansas veterinarian has kept a dog from going out with a bang after the animal ate 23 live rifle rounds.

Benno, the 4-year-old Belgian Malinois, had surgery last week to remove the .308 caliber ammunition from his stomach, The Baxter Bulletin (http://bit.ly/1QoyXHL ) reported.

An Indiana teenager who took his 93-year-old great-grandmother to his junior prom says he had a great time, even though her early bedtime nearly cut the night short.

Drew Holm says his classmates thought it "was pretty cool" that he asked Kathryn Keith to last Friday's Crothersville High School junior prom.

More than six thousand employees of Chinese group Tiens, enjoying a holiday in France at the company's expense, on Friday rounded off their trip by setting a new world record.

The members of one of the biggest Chinese groups ever to come to Europe arranged themselves on the  Promenade des Anglais in the southern resort town of Nice to spell out the phrase  "Tiens' dream is Nice in the Cote d'Azur".

Votes for the dead and voting with a penis drawing -- here are some quirky facts from the 2015 British general election:

A western Michigan couple with 12 sons are waiting to find out whether baby No. 13 keeps the streak going.

Jay and Kateri Schwandt's baby is due Saturday, the day before Mother's Day. They're sticking to their tradition of not finding out in advance whether they're having a boy or girl.